Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
38. Ilex triflora Blume; Bijdr. 1150. 1826.
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Shrubs or trees; evergreen; 2-10 m tall. Branchlets zigzag; subquadrangular; ridged; rarely subterete; densely pubescent; leaf scars subcircular; slightly raised; lenticels absent; terminal buds poorly or not developed. Petiole 3-5 mm; densely pubescent; narrowly winged by decurrent leaf base; leaf blade brown or olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; ovate-elliptic; obovate; or oblong-elliptic; 2.5-10 x 1.5-4 cm; subleathery; abaxially sparsely puberulent; punctate; adaxially puberulent or glabrescent; midvein impressed adaxially; densely pubescent on both surfaces; lateral veins 7-10 pairs; slightly distinct or indistinct on both surfaces; reticulate veins obscure; base rounded or obtuse; margin ± undulate; serrate; apex acute to acuminate; acumen 3-4 mm; or apex rounded. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate; axillary on current; second; or third year’s branchlets; pubescent; flowers white; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; peduncles ca. 2 mm; pedicels 2-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; calyx patelliform; ca. 3 mm in diam.; puberulent; deeply 4-lobed; lobes suborbicular; ciliate; corolla ca. 5 mm in diam.; petals broadly ovate; basally slightly connate; stamens shorter than petals; anthers yellow; ellipsoidal; rudimentary ovary pyramidal; rostellate; apex cleft. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; peduncles nearly absent; pedicels 4-14(-18) mm; robust; puberulent; bracteoles 2; median or submedian; ovate; calyx as in male flowers; petals broadly ovate or suborbicular; basally slightly connate; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers cordate-sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; stigma thickly discoid; shallowly 4-lobed. Fruit black; globose; 4-7 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 4-18 mm; puberulent or glabrescent; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 4 mm in diam.; sparsely ciliate; persistent stigma thickly discoid; pyrenes 4; ovoid-ellipsoidal; ca. 6 mm; ca. 4 mm in diam.; abaxially smooth; 3-striate; not sulcate; endocarp leathery. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Aug-Nov.
Forests; forest margins; thickets; shrub forests on mountain slopes and in valleys; forest margins; (100-)200-1800(-2200) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
38. Ilex triflora Blume; Bijdr. 1150. 1826.
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Shrubs or trees; evergreen; 2-10 m tall. Branchlets zigzag; subquadrangular; ridged; rarely subterete; densely pubescent; leaf scars subcircular; slightly raised; lenticels absent; terminal buds poorly or not developed. Petiole 3-5 mm; densely pubescent; narrowly winged by decurrent leaf base; leaf blade brown or olivaceous when dry; elliptic; oblong; ovate-elliptic; obovate; or oblong-elliptic; 2.5-10 x 1.5-4 cm; subleathery; abaxially sparsely puberulent; punctate; adaxially puberulent or glabrescent; midvein impressed adaxially; densely pubescent on both surfaces; lateral veins 7-10 pairs; slightly distinct or indistinct on both surfaces; reticulate veins obscure; base rounded or obtuse; margin ± undulate; serrate; apex acute to acuminate; acumen 3-4 mm; or apex rounded. Inflorescences: cymes; fasciculate; axillary on current; second; or third year’s branchlets; pubescent; flowers white; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; peduncles ca. 2 mm; pedicels 2-3 mm; bracteoles 2; basal; calyx patelliform; ca. 3 mm in diam.; puberulent; deeply 4-lobed; lobes suborbicular; ciliate; corolla ca. 5 mm in diam.; petals broadly ovate; basally slightly connate; stamens shorter than petals; anthers yellow; ellipsoidal; rudimentary ovary pyramidal; rostellate; apex cleft. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes; peduncles nearly absent; pedicels 4-14(-18) mm; robust; puberulent; bracteoles 2; median or submedian; ovate; calyx as in male flowers; petals broadly ovate or suborbicular; basally slightly connate; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals; sterile anthers cordate-sagittate; ovary ovoid; ca. 1.5 mm in diam.; stigma thickly discoid; shallowly 4-lobed. Fruit black; globose; 4-7 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 4-18 mm; puberulent or glabrescent; persistent calyx explanate; ca. 4 mm in diam.; sparsely ciliate; persistent stigma thickly discoid; pyrenes 4; ovoid-ellipsoidal; ca. 6 mm; ca. 4 mm in diam.; abaxially smooth; 3-striate; not sulcate; endocarp leathery. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Aug-Nov.
Forests; forest margins; thickets; shrub forests on mountain slopes and in valleys; forest margins; (100-)200-1800(-2200) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bangladesh; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].